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(biology, of fish) That prefer to live in pools and similar stagnant water.
This small (up to 100 mm in total length) stagnophilous species [27 ] was widely distributed in the marshy habitats of the Danube drainage basin from Vienna to the delta, and in the lower reaches of Dniestr drainage basin [28 ], prior to river regulation (Fig 1b ).
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Stagnophilous means (biology, of fish) That prefer to live in pools and similar stagnant water.
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This small (up to 100 mm in total length) stagnophilous species [27 ] was widely distributed in the marshy habitats of the Danube drainage basin from Vienna to the delta, and in the lower reaches of Dniestr drainage basin [28 ], prior to river regulation (Fig 1b ).
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